November 18, 2011 by Catholic San Francisco

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Catholic school on the rise Second-grade students are pictured at Our Lady of the Visitacion School. Enrollment is up 35 percent at the parish school in southeast San Francisco, in part because of the closure of other parish schools in the area and because of rising interest by alumni and parish families. See story on Page 10.

‘Humbling, difficult’: Bay Area rep’s week on a food stamp diet By George Raine You can learn a lot about nutrition and how to stretch a food stamp dollar, as Rep. Jackie Speier did, when you’re limited to $4.50 per day for food, as food stamp recipients are. Oatmeal, beans and peanut butter are key staples, and a tuna-noodle casserole may be good for a week. You can better understand, too, the struggle of the poor, even the working poor, like the woman who wrote to Speier during the week she ate on a food stamp-limited diet to tell her that she had to rub the tummies of her children when they didn’t have food because they were in so much pain. “That put tears in my eyes,” said Speier, D-Hillsborough, who participated with other House Democrats in a “Food Stamp Challenge” the first week

Rep. Speier’s breakfast, Nov. 2

of November to call attention to the food stamp program facing a possible budget reduction in Congress. Now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – in California it is called CalFresh – the program that feeds some 44 million low-income Americans is threatened. At least one senator, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, has recommended to the bipartisan super committee trying to identify $1.5 trillion in federal savings by Thanksgiving

that members reduce the food stamp program budget significantly. He said in a letter Nov. 7 that the nutrition assistance program is an “unmonitored welfare program” and that even modest reform to it “can save many billions of dollars over the coming years.” “I would like to take a big whack out of his salary,” Speier said of Sessions. “I don’t think anyone in Congress should be allowed to cut this program unless they have lived on $4.50 a day for a week.” Speier called the experience of living on $4.50 a day “humbling and difficult.” She said she found herself constantly thinking about food and controlled stomach growling by eating popcorn. She also learned to be a crafty shopper: She found three bunches of Romaine lettuce at Trader Joe’s and two cans of chicken noodle at Walgreens for half the price at Safeway. The popcorn came from the Dollar Tree store. At Safeway, she didn’t have enough cash for one of three tomatoes and one of two cans of chili in her basket. Back they went. On the fifth and final day she had one carrot and half a container of yogurt. “What if I had to go another day?” she asked. “It made me appreciate so much what we are not doing as a country,” said Speier. “That we have really become compassionless, almost like it is acceptable. FOOD STAMP DIET, page 13

INSIDE THIS WEEK’S EDITION News in brief. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Advent ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Thanksgiving roundup . . . . . 7 The new missal is here . 14-15 Father Rolheiser . . . . . . . . . 21

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Dispatch from Mogadishu ~ Page 16 ~

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Book reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Classified ads . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Eva Kuo, mother of second-grader Maya and sixth-grader Rosie and Sonali Bhat, mother of second grader Aditi, were among more than 50 folks from Star of the Sea School – including principal, Terry Hanley – walking in the recent Making Strides Against Breast Cancer effort.

• “Welcome aboard” to Vicki Terheyden, new director of communications at Archbishop Riordan High School and “very excited to be working full-time in Catholic education as part of the Riordan team.” Vicki’s experience includes four years at a communications and marketing firm in San Francisco working on behalf of education, health care, international development, hospitality and nonprofit clients. A third generation San Franciscan, Vicki is a graduate of Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School, Vicki Terheyden St. Ignatius College Preparatory, and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where she completed undergraduate work in business administration and Spanish. Vicki is also a graduate of Leadership San Francisco, a program of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Vicki holds board positions with the San Francisco Symphony and Pulse of the Arc of San Francisco, an organization supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. • Father Mark Reburiano was installed as pastor of San Rafael’s St. Isabella Parish by San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy Oct. 29. Deacons Steve Fox, Jim Myers, Jerry Friedman and Pete Pelimiano assisted at the Mass. “The crowd was standing room only,” said parishioner Hugo Phillips in a note to Father Mark this column. “It was like Christmas or Reburiano Easter Sunday.” Hugo and his wife, Lucille, celebrated 58 years married May 2.

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Notre Dame High School seniors Dana Delucchi, Mary Hartwell, and Nicole Dudaney are raising funds to supply a school in Kenya with its own water well. The effort is moving forward through the Belmont school’s “Do Something Club.”

Happy 85th birthday to Ines Massetani, honored by friends and family Oct. 23 in North Beach. Pictured are Ines with her brother, Will Massetani, and friends, from left, Dora Voracchi, Lottie Peradotto and Norma Tealdi.

• Good work is the focus of the Catholic Professional Women’s Club! Scholarships for children attending Catholic high schools lead the club’s charity. The organization, now with a membership roster of about 150, celebrates its 100th anniversary Dec. 3 with a birthday lunch at San Francisco’s Marines Memorial club. “I joined in the 1980s,” Gloria Pizzinelli told me. Gloria is a graduate of St. Anne School and the now-closed and much missed, Presentation High School. “I’ve lived in the same house for 83 years,” the retired teacher told me. Gloria taught “all the grades but mostly second and fourth” at San Francisco’s Francis Scott Key School for 42 years. Gloria loves to golf and was just home from the links when we talked. See Datebook.

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• Thanks for the call to Denise Carrade who said she was glad to read of the 125th anniversary of All Hallows Church and her growin’-up neighborhood – San Francisco’s Bayview in this column just a few weeks ago. Denise is a 1941 graduate of St. Joan of Arc School and a 1945 alumna of Notre Dame des Victoires High School, both now closed and much-missed. She’s lived since 1964 in St. Sebastian Parish in Greenbrae. She remembers what used to be “butchertown,” too, and her grandfather, Marcellin Ardaurel, worked in the slaughter houses that spawned the neighborhood’s name. Hats off, too, for June Andersen and June Nickelson. The three women all went to St. Joan and NDV together and remain friends to this day. • Hello and “Happy Thanksgiving” from Holy Names Sister Miriam Jeanne Murphy now living in retirement at her community’s residence in Los Gatos. Sister Miriam Jeanne is a graduate of Notre Dame des Victoires grade school and high school, later graduating with a major in music from Holy Names University in Oakland, and earning a graduate degree in piano performance from the University of Southern California. She entered religious life in 1946. Sister Miriam Jeanne was music director, choirmaster and music teacher at San Francisco’s St. Monica Parish and school for 30 years. She told me that the three decades have been her “best by far.” Sister Miriam Jeanne attended a recent liturgy and other rites marking St. Monica’s 100th year. “The church is breathtaking, beautiful,” she said. “I loved celebrating and had a great time.” The Holy Names Sisters address in Los Gatos is PO Box 1906, Los Gatos 95031. Happy Thanksgiving! The next issue of CSF is Dec. 2. Email items and electronic pictures – jpegs at no less than 300 dpi – to burket@sfarchdiocese.org or mail them to Street, One Peter Yorke Way, SF 94109. Include a follow-up phone number. Street is toll-free. My phone number is (415) 614-5634.

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Pope: Science can never justify killing embryos VATICAN CITY – In rejecting research using embryonic stem cells, the Catholic Church is not trying to impede science or delay treatment that can save lives, Pope Benedict XVI said. The church’s opposition to the use and destruction of embryos flows from the conviction that all human life is sacred and that destroying the most defenseless will never lead to a true benefit for humanity, the pope said Nov. 12 to participants in a Vaticansponsored conference on research using adult stem cells. It is tempting for scientists and policymakers to brush aside ethical objections but “the destruction of even one human life can never be justified in terms of the benefit that it might conceivably bring to another,” he said.

Pope asks for Benin prayers VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI asked for prayers for his trip to Benin and for those suffering from violence on the African continent. The pope, addressing pilgrims at his noon blessing Nov. 13, said he was traveling to Benin “in order to strengthen the faith and hope of Christians in Africa. I entrust this trip and the inhabitants of this beloved continent to your prayers, especially those who experience insecurity and violence,” he said. During the Nov. 18-20 visit, the pope planned to unveil a document he wrote as a follow-up to the 2009 Synod of Bishops on Africa.

Pope set to light tree by iPad VATICAN CITY – With a tap on an iPad, Pope Benedict XVI will light the world’s largest electronic Christmas tree in the Italian town of Gubbio without having to leave his home in

Correction Sister Roberdette Burns’ religious order was misidentified in one reference in her Nov. 11 obituary. She was a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Congo: Rape destroys women and society, says church official WASHINGTON – The high incidence of rape in Congo is not just destroying women, but is destroying the nation’s society, said the general secretary of the church’s national justice and peace commission. In Africa, the woman is “the central and most important guardian of values in society,” said the general secretary, Sister MarieBernard Alima, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Kalemie. Rape is “not just rape,” Sister Marie-Bernard told Catholic News Service in a recent visit to Washington. “It is rape to destroy a person’s dignity” and to “degrade women and to degrade society. The trauma that they are subjected to cripples them in all their activities.” The United Nations has called Congo the center of rape as a weapon of war, and the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health estimated Congolese women are raped at the rate of nearly one each minute.

Archbishop: Penn State scandal shows scope of abuse scourge BALTIMORE – The scandal that has led to the indictment of several Penn State officials and the firing of the university’s president and its longtime football coach, Joe Paterno, “has reopened a wound in the church as well,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said at a At the Joe Paterno statue Nov. 14 news conference. “It shows that the scourge (of sex abuse) is not limited to any one faith and certainly not limited to priests,” said Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York, responding to a question following the first session of the USCCB fall general assembly. “It’s in organizations, in universities, all over the place, in families and, yes, in priests.”

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Vatican City. The City of Gubbio and the Diocese of Gubbio announced at a news conference Nov. 12 that the pope would light the tree via a video link set up by the Vatican Television Center. The tree-lighting ceremony takes place on the evening of Dec. 7, the eve of the Immaculate Conception. From his apartment in Vatican City, the pope will turn on the tree using an application on the iPad 2.

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BALTIMORE (CNS) – The sinfulness of the church’s members is not “a reason to dismiss the church or her eternal truths, but to embrace her all the more,” Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York told his fellow bishops Nov. 14. In his first presidential address since election as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops last November, Archbishop Dolan opened and closed with the words: “Love for Jesus and his church must be the passion of our lives.” He noted that the church still has plenty to say to the modern world. “She dares the world ... to foster and protect the inviolable dignity of the human person and human life; ... to protect marriage and family; to embrace those suffering and struggling; to prefer service to selfishness; and never, ever to stifle the liberty to quench the deep-down thirst for the divine.” Archbishop Dolan later pointed out that he was encouraged by a Nov. 8 private meeting he had with President Barack Obama at the White House. He said he found the president to be “very open to the sensitivities” of the U.S. Catholic Church on issues related to religious freedom that the two discussed. He said the current issues related to religious liberty and government might be an area where there is room for compromise. Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., and chairman of a new Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, said several situations involving church and government are related to policies of the Department of Health and Human Services. They include draft HHS regulations that would require all private health insurance plans to provide coverage for sterilization and contraception. Bishop Lori also cited the Department of Justice’s shift from defending the Defense of Marriage Act to opposing it in court “as an act of ‘bias and prejudice’ akin to racism, thereby implying that churches which teach that marriage is between a man and a woman are guilty of bigotry.” The U.S. bishops’ campaign to strengthen marriage has reached a large audience and also has been garnered awards from professional advertising organizations, the chairman of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth reported to the bishops Nov. 14. The bishops announced a new website, www.marriageuniqueforareason.org, with resources on the meaning of marriage, a compilation of Catholic teaching on marriage, a blog and videos.

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November 18, 2011

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Golden Gate and Jones All are welcome on corner where hospitality thrives By Dana Perrigan Anthony Harris and Indian Joe have at least one thing in common. Both have been drawn, on this bright cool November morning, to the San Francisco institution known as St. Anthony’s Dining Room. There, the similarity seemingly ends. Something of an institution himself in this Tenderloin neighborhood, Indian Joe — whose real name is Joseph Plamondon and is a member of the Shuschwap tribe in British Columbia — has been lining up each day at the corner of Golden Gate Avenue and Jones Street for nearly 30 years. “Usually, I’m first in line,” he says. “Sometimes I get out here as early as 8 a.m. The staff — they’re all cool. I like ‘em. If you’ve got a problem, they’ll help you out. They take time to work with you — and the food is good, too.” Decked out in a top hat, gray overcoat and round sunglasses at the front of the line, Indian Joe bears more than a passing resemblance to rock star Alice Cooper — whom he once met backstage at the Warfield Theatre, he says, due to the benevolence of a passing stranger. More recently, he was honored by a female teacher at the nearby De Marillac Academy, who named her son after the man who kindly escorted her to her car after work on so many dark winter nights. “I make sure the kids and the ladies get safely where they’re going,” he says, “because there are still some unsavory characters around here.” While Indian Joe has lined up for thousands of meals at St. Anthony’s, today’s lunch will be the first for Anthony Harris. Guests wait in line for a meal at St. Anthony’s Dining A few feet away, the 51-year-old homeless man stands on the Room while volunteers in the dining room’s bustling corner while a constant stream of humanity swirls around 3,000-meal-a-day kitchen prepare trays. Joseph him. With one hand, he smokes a cigarette. With the other he Plamondon, right, has been a St. Anthony regular clings to all his worldly possessions — an iPod and a cell phone. for nearly 30 years. “They take time to work with “I’ve heard people talk about how good you’re treated here,” you – and the food is good, too,” he says. says Harris. “I decided to come down and see what it’s like.” While he looks forward to a hot meal, Harris is more interested in finding out how he can access mental health services. He has been told that there is usually a social worker inside the Montagnoli believes that educating volunteers is a very important dining hall who can point him in the right direction. part of her job. During the volunteer orientation and in the service Considered the gateway to all of St. Anthony’s services and that follows, they learn about social justice. programs, the dining room served — along with those served in “It’s a very integral part of what we do here,” she says. “We its residential programs — a million meals last year. want them to know why there is a dining room here in the first It serves about 3,000 meals a day, and it is open every single place, why we have so many people here, that they’re not all day of the year. just a bunch of bums.” “That’s the way it usually works,” says Karl Robillard, Classes from schools, business organizations and groups a senior manager of communications and outreach at St. — such as the 20 members of the Israeli Consulate who have Anthony’s. “They come here volunteered today — come for a meal, and we help them down to the dining room to access what they need.” serve. For many of them, `I’ve heard people talk about how Like Harris and Indian Joe, says Montagnoli, it is the first millions have walked down the opportunity they have had to ramp on Jones Street — past good you’re treated here. I decided sit down and break bread with the prayer of St. Anthony the poor. inscribed on an overhanging to come down and see what it’s like.’ For some, it is a lifewall, and into the warm, wellchanging experience. lit dining room — since the “For my son, it was the – Anthony Harris doors first opened on the forbeginning of a real conmer auto body shop in 1950. sciousness of social justice, For the past 25 years, Barbara Montagnoli and her army of something he pursues in his college years,” wrote the mother volunteers have been there to receive them. of a boy from St. Ignatius College Preparatory who spent a day “We’re pretty lucky,” says Montagnoli. “We have a wonder- serving at St. Anthony’s. ful retention rate.” For others, such as Margaret Mazzie, a nurse who lives in Last year, approximately 9,000 volunteers donated 170,000 West Portal and has been volunteering twice a week in the dining hours to St. Anthony’s, making it possible to carry out its mission room for the past 25 years, it is the beginning of a long love affair. to feed, heal, clothe and lift the spirits of the poor on a grand scale. “I totally enjoy it,” says Mazzie. “I love everything about it.” As the founder and director of the volunteer program, As the diners finish their meals, they file past a table com-

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British court: Church can be held liable for acts of abusive clergy MANCHESTER, England (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A British court has ruled that the Catholic Church can be held legally liable for the crimes of abusive clergy. The Nov. 8 ruling by the High Court in London for the first time defined in British law the relationship of a priest to his bishop as that of an employee to an employer, instead of seeing the priest as effectively self-employed. This means that a bishop and a diocese can be punished for the crimes of a priest. Survivorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; groups hope that it will also mean that many people who claim to have been abused by clergy will be able to claim compensation more easily. The court granted the trustees of the Diocese of Portsmouth extra time to appeal the decision. The case involves a 47-year-old mother of three, referred to only by the initials JGE, who claims she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Father Wilfred Baldwin as a 7-year-old girl in The Firs childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home in Waterlooville, in southern England, in the early 1970s. She claims that she also was attacked in the dressing room of a church on the day she made her first Communion. Besides the Diocese of Portsmouth, she is also seeking damages from the English province of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, which ran the home, because she said the nuns witnessed the abuse but did not intervene. The court was not asked to judge the truth of the allegations but was specifically asked, as a preliminary hearing on the case, to rule on the question of whether the â&#x20AC;&#x153;relationship between a Catholic priest and his bishop is akin to an employment relationship.â&#x20AC;? Justice Alistair MacDuff said that although the priest had no formal contract of employment there were â&#x20AC;&#x153;crucial featuresâ&#x20AC;? that made a bishop vicariously liable for his actions. He said the church gave Father Baldwin the â&#x20AC;&#x153;premises, the pulpit and the clerical robesâ&#x20AC;? and that he was given full authority and free rein in the community to â&#x20AC;&#x153;act as a representative of the church.â&#x20AC;?

Retired general elected Guatemalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new leader SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Otto Perez Molina, a retired general who oversaw a military intelligence unit during Guatemalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 36-year war, defeated Manuel Baldizon in a presidential election marked by populist messages and promises to confront insecurity. Perez captured 54 percent of the vote Nov. 6 and immediately vowed to tackle crime. During the war, which pitted peasant guerrilla forces against the government, Perez commanded forces in a rural area where the military carried out brutal massacres as part of a scorched-earth campaign. At the time, some Catholic bishops spoke out against the militaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tactics. As a politician, Perez has been able to keep his involvement in the war at a comfortable distance. In 1996, Perez represented the military in the signing of the peace agreement, a process mediated by Catholic leaders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is seen as a more modernizing element of the Guatemalan military,â&#x20AC;? said Michael Allison, a political science professor at the Jesuit-run University of Scranton, Pa., who follows Guatemalan politics.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether or not the relationship may be regarded as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;akin to employment,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; the principal features of the relationship dictate that the defendants should be held responsible for the actions which they initiated by the appointment and all that went with it,â&#x20AC;? said the judge. JGE first made her complaint in 2006 when police officers investigating complaints against Father Baldwin contacted her to ask if she had been abused by him. Inquiries concluded the same year with the death of the priest, at the age of 75. JGE is now seeking compensation for pain, injury, humili-

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November 18, 2011

Advent: Devotional, festive ideas for the season of anticipation By Valerie Schmalz

Blessing of the Advent wreath

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Every year about two days before Advent, I find myself madly scrounging for an Advent calendar and struggling to put together some kind of an Advent wreath. For last minute folks, like myself, or others who plan much further ahead, there are several very good resources, easily accessible online. Here in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Catholic bookstores are a good source for an Advent calendar as well as some Advent reading. See the list of Catholic bookstores elsewhere on this page. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops publishes the Advent wreath prayer online and sells a book of Catholic blessings and prayers on its website. When in doubt, the USCCB site is the gold standard for information. For useful crafts and ideas for easy Advent traditions at home or with friends, there are a number of good websites. Catholicmom.com/advent has a number of Advent activities, complete with instructions for making an Advent paper chain or a wreath but also links to recipes, devotions and columns by Catholic mothers. Thereligionteacher.com/adventactivities has a page of links and other resources. Eternal Word Television Network offers online resources, including links to the text of Helen McLoughlin’s book “Family Advent Customs” published by

The season of Advent, which begins Nov. 27, is a time of anticipation and hope before Christmas. The Advent wreath, with a lit candle marking each week of the season, is a traditional symbol of the period.

The Liturgical Press of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., first in 1954 and again in 1979. She is also the author of “My Name Day Come to Dessert.” Despite being originally published prior to Vatican II, McLoughlin’s writing is accessible and her ideas mostly seem to stand the test of time. It is a bit quaint, with a recipe for plum pudding referring to the price of ground beef during the 1950s. Since

EWTN has posted the book’s text online, it is also easy to find and free. Another online resource is the domesticchurch.com, which has a raft of articles and ideas, heavy on crafts but also some very simple ideas for those who are not crafty. My favorite: Pick a large Christmas jigsaw puzzle and set aside a table in your home and spend Advent putting the pieces together. I think we might try that one this year.

The use of the Advent wreath is a traditional practice that has found its place in the church as well as in the home. The blessing of an Advent wreath takes place on the First Sunday of Advent or on the evening before the First Sunday of Advent. When the Advent wreath is used in church, the celebrant blesses the wreath but at home a parent or other authority figure should do the blessing, according to instructions on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ website. Customarily the wreath is constructed of a circle of evergreen branches into which are inserted four candles. According to tradition, three candles are violet and the fourth is rose. However, four violet or white candles may be used. The rose candle is lit the Third Sunday of Advent or Gaudete or “Rejoice” Sunday, which anticipates Christmas joy. The celebrant wears pink vestments on that Sunday rather than the violet worn for the rest of Advent. The Catholic Church’s official Book of Blessings provides a ceremony found on the U.S. bishops’ website: www.usccb.org/ prayer-and-worship/blessings/objects/blessing-of-an-advent-wreath.cfm as well as in a book published by the USCCB, “Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers.”

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Needed: 100 turkeys a day San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s St. Anthony Foundation begins its 24th year of accepting curbside donations beginning Nov. 19. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need 100 turkeys a day for our Thanksgiving dinner,â&#x20AC;? said Barry Stenger, director of development. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We receive 70 percent of our donations for the year during November and December, so food, clothing, and monetary donations are critical to our year-round programming.â&#x20AC;? In addition to the Volunteers receive a turkeys, needed items curbside donation include clean, gently last Thanksgiving. used clothing especially menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing; new packages of socks and underwear; jars of peanut butter, cans of tuna fish, large bags of rice and beans and travel-sized toiletries Curbside donations may be made Nov. 19-25 and Dec. 17-24. Times: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Location: 105 Golden Gate Ave. at Jones Street. Call (415) 592-2700 or visit www.stanthonysf.org.

Thanksgiving, Catholic-style By Valerie Schmalz The first Thanksgiving was a very Protestant affair â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but since then Catholics have made it their own with a special liturgy for Thanksgiving Day Masses, and, as with synagogues and churches of all denominations, special collections during the holiday season and blessings of Thanksgiving food. Thanksgiving is one of two civic holidays with special American Catholic liturgies, said Laura Bertone, interim director of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Office of Worship. The Fourth of July is the other. Just about every parish and Catholic school collects canned food and money for the needy beginning before Thanksgiving and continuing to Christmas. Perhaps the collection with the most flair occurs at Notre Dame High School in Belmont where students dress in Thanksgiving-themed costumes and bring a can of food or $1 to participate in the annual Turkey Trot. After the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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prayer service, students chase two teachers dressed as turkeys around a short course. At Noe Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s St. Paul Church, pastor Father Mario Farana blesses parishionersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thanksgiving food at the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mass, and the parish donates barrels of food to the San Francisco Food Bank. At St. John of God Church near the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, two Masses are celebrated, said parish office administrator Paula Zimmerman, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because hospital people have to work no matter if it is a holiday or not.â&#x20AC;? The St. Teresa Parish Society of St. Vincent De Paul gives out 125 boxes of food. Mercy-San Francisco, Archbishop Riordan and Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory high schools and St. Anne of the Sunset School collect canned food for the Thanksgiving baskets and for the ongoing Tuesday food pantry, said Stephani Sheehan, secretary at the Potrero Hill parish. Stuart Hall High School collects clothes for the Vincentian Help Desk in the Tenderloin and food for Thanksgiving baskets for the hearing-impaired community at neighboring St. Benedict/St. Francis Xavier Church. Marin Catholic High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s canned food drive is for the Marin Food Bank. Our Lady of Loretto School in Novatoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thanksgiving Hot Lunch on Tuesday, Nov. 22, coincides with Grandparents Day, and includes a prayer service, titled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank God for Grandparents!â&#x20AC;?

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Priest: Dream Act would make America ‘stronger, wiser’ nation Father Raymond Kemp was a young college senior and seminarian that day 48 years ago when he went to the Lincoln Memorial to hear Dr. Martin Luther King deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech and take a giant step toward ending American apartheid, and begin his own career in social justice. Much has been accomplished over the years, but you can still find bigotry, fear and racism in the land, certainly when there’s talk of the Dream Act, the legislation that would provide conditional permanent residency to some undocumented students brought to the United States by their parents, Father Kemp laments. Father Kemp, a diocesan priest and longtime educator at Georgetown University, where he directs several programs at the Woodstock Theological Center, made the point at a talk to a group of theology students and others at the University of San Francisco on Nov. 11. “The Dream Act would place those children brought here as deserving as all God’s children and recognizes that the country would be a stronger and the wiser were they able to sing, ‘My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty,’” said Father Kemp. The federal legislation is vigorously opposed by some elected officials who argue that allowing undocumented workers to obtain Social Security cards would further limit job opportunities for native U.S. citizens. “There is no competition for those jobs,” Father Kemp said of domestic work and other jobs undocumented people gravitate toward. “The perception is that. And it is all bull. That is half a word where I come from. Bull.” He said the best educator of that is former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who said that New York does not work without an undocumented workforce because nobody wants to do the jobs that are needed to be filled to make New York work. “It’s interesting – we will give everybody a green card who is ready to come here and figure out software apps, we will give a green card to whoever is ready to come here and do medical research, is on the edge of some scientific kinds of things, but we are going to fight folks who are ready to do the kind of domestic work that it takes to make places like San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland go,” said Father Kemp.

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Young people rally for comprehensive immigration reform on the National Mall in Washington in this 2010 file photo.

At 70, Father Kemp said he senses that he is seeing the bookends of his life – beginning with hearing the King speech on Aug. 28, 1963, and going on to incorporate its message in his own life’s work, to pursuing social justice to this day. The year 1963 was the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln’s executive order freeing slaves, which gave the King speech a civil rights symmetry. Said Father Kemp, “I had an inkling that morning that the end to racism I had experienced as a white man growing up with roots in Virginia and Maryland, the end to that racism that I knew first hand, from my first moments of consciousness, was about to begin. What I had no way to knowing was that it marked the beginning of my taking on the struggle for the dignity of all human beings that is really at the very essential core of my belief in God.” He called for beginning more conversations in the nation about immigration and the Dream Act, and said there is a pattern for changing minds in the example of the death penalty. During that conversation, he said, “people begin to understand that killing people who kill people to show that killing is wrong is stupid on about five different counts.” He noted, however, that much of the focus in the Catholic Church is on abortion and marriage. “When you overload one issue at the expense of the others everything gets cockeyed … If somebody wants to grab one at the expense of the others I think they are missing the boat,” he said.

Weekly churchgoers more optimistic, less depressed WASHINGTON (CNS) – Past studies have shown that those who attend religious services at least weekly tend to live longer and healthier lives. Now, new research indicates that frequent churchgoers also face those additional years with more optimism and greater social support than other people. A study involving more than 92,000 postmenopausal women showed that those who reported weekly attendance at religious services were 56 percent more likely to be above the median in terms of their optimism level. They also were significantly less likely to be depressed or to be characterized by cynical hostility. Titled “Psychological and Social Characteristics Associated with Religiosity in Women’s Health Initiative Participants,” the study was published in Journal of Religion and Health Nov. 11. The research was conducted by a team led by Eliezer Schnall, clinical associate professor of psychology at Yeshiva University in New York.

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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of October HOLY CROSS COLMA Aurelio Alvarez Lidia Iriarte Ariza William T. Ashworth Ret. Col. Richard J. Barbero Alvira E. Belvini Leoncio G. Cabauatan Kristina Cairns Lucy Cannarozzi Constance Brown Carlson Vincent Javier Cisneros Leona M. Clark Eileen M. Cleary Marie Frances Conti Manuel Contreras James Cormack Gloria Craib Robert M. Crowe Edna L. da Silva Violet B. Das Leonila P. Datu Patricia M Davini Ellsmere Decter Daniel J. Dolan Lucille Eandi Albertina Echeverria Nick L. Elchinoff Mary A. Falzon Ramon C. Ferrer Michael Joseph Flannery Richard R. Fowler, Jr. Sr. Germaine Garrett, LSP Violet M. Gasparich Bernice “Bern” Gazzo Peter E. Gort Louise J. Gracia Yvonne A. Gregoire Clarence “Jim” Grochowski Rene Jean Guiral Roberto Alex Rico Guzman, Jr. Christine C. Gwynn

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Catholic success story: Diverse families helping southeast SF school grow By Valerie Schmalz At 268 students and counting, Our Lady of Visitacion School is a success story for southeastern San Francisco, where many Catholic schools have closed over the past decades. There is a new pastor as well as a new principal with lots of ideas. Our Lady of Visitacionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second grade just installed a Smart Board, purchased with a fundraiser by school parents that raised $10,000 and the parent associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal for the spring fundraiser is two more of the high-tech classroom tools. There are even plans to re-sod the baseball field. From an all-time low of 199 in 2008-09, enrollment increased to 256 last school year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the first year for the new principal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and this year it is up again. While part of the increase is due to new students from Corpus Christi School, which closed in the Excelsior last year, alumni commitment and new parish families are a big part of the story, said Principal Maxie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you think about it, All Hallows went down, St. Paul of the Shipwreck, St. Elizabethâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it just keeps encroaching,â&#x20AC;? said Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke, a parishioner and former school parent, who taught at the school for 30 years before her appointment as principal in 2010. Our Lady of the Visitacion is the only Catholic school in the area that includes Visitacion Valley, Bayview and Hunters Point. Unlike many parish schools which are dependent on tuition and parish support, Our Lady of Visitacion School is sponsored by the Daughters of Charity. In a 2004 agreement with the Archdiocese

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of San Francisco, the Daughters pledged to continue their commitment to the school they staffed from its opening in 1964, by subsidizing its operating costs and educating its lay teachers and staff in Vincentian spirituality and educational philosophy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We negotiate any tuition that the family can pay. No child gets turned away for inability to pay,â&#x20AC;? said Daughter of Charity Sister Chris Maggi, educational councilor for the order. Peterita Manlulu, a South San Francisco resident who graduated from OLV in 1985, said she decided to enroll her children because of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diversity, its close-knit family atmosphere, peaceful and orderly environment, and her long-standing relationships with the teachers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good school for the kids to grow up in,â&#x20AC;? Manlulu said. Very key was the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ethnic diversity,

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Parish Mothers Club raises more than $1 million through the years Through the years, the Mothers Club has taken responsibility for cleaning the church, making new confessional drapes, paying At 91, Viola Rusca is the Mothers Club member with the for a new church floor, filling baskets for the needy at Christmas longest tenure â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 66 years. and fundraising with a whist party for priestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hospital bills as She has lived her entire life within a four-block radius of well as paying for the altar boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; picnic, funding a roof and Church of the Visitacion, a church named for the area discovered giving $2,000 to the school kindergarten. and named by Franciscan Fathers who got lost in the fog in 1777. The appointment of Father Hoang â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who first came to the They said their first Mass on July 2, on a large rock on what is parish as a resident in 2006 and is known to all as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Father Thuanâ&#x20AC;? now Cora Street, on the feast (pronounced twon) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as pastor of the Visitation of the Blessed has lifted spirits and is revitalNew confessional drapes, filling Mother to her cousin Elizabeth. izing the parish which had â&#x20AC;&#x153;The valley was nothing suffered in recent years as the baskets for the needy, a whist back then, it was all flowers,â&#x20AC;? areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy and reputation said Rusca, recalling growing faltered, several Mothers Club up in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Viz Valleyâ&#x20AC;? near the party for a priestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hospital bills: members said. vegetable and flower farms â&#x20AC;&#x153;People crochet vests for and moving a few blocks away him. He wears them,â&#x20AC;? said Pat All in the call of duty for the when she married. The first Andrieu, who credits Father Mothers Club was formed in Hoang for renewing a Catholic parish Mothers Club. 1945 in the little church on faith she said was flagging Raymond Avenue, because the over disappointments in the pastor Father James Walsh wanted to buy a larger piece of property Catholic Church through the years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was our best shopper that eventually became the current church and the school, she for the rummage sale,â&#x20AC;? said Mothers Club president Mary Lee, recalled. For the first fundraiser, the mothers raffled off shampoo. at 51 the youngest member of the group of 35 active members. Over the years, the Mothers Club at the Visitacion Valley The mostly older ladies who make up the Mothers Club church has raised more than $1 million, and it continues to form continue to be the principal organization raising money for the the backbone of the fundraising for the parish, said Church of the parish. The most recent project was building a fence around the Visitacionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pastor Father Thuan Hoang. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every year they raise front rose garden of the parish house. more than $10,000 for the parish,â&#x20AC;? Father Hoang said, holding a Many of the women have close relationships with the plate and surveying affectionately a room full of club members Daughters of Charity that date to when they or their children at their annual potluck luncheon in the parish house. attended the school. The school â&#x20AC;&#x153;never turns a child away,â&#x20AC;? said

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Three-year-old Robert Wells waits patiently with his dad, Kenneth, in a basement at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in northeast Washington Nov. 9. They were among about 45 people receiving emergency food packages during a weekly distribution coordinated by parish volunteers.

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“We are very grateful to have the food stamps,” she said. “The reason why we have food stamps is there are no jobs out there.” ■ Continued from cover Speier noted that members of Congress Well, it is not acceptable. And we can’t be are in the top 5 percent of the nation’s the biggest industrialized country in the population economically – and enjoy free food all day long world and yet have at meetings and the worst policy around hunger and On the fifth and final day receptions. “There is an indignation poverty.” that I have about Indeed, three of she had one carrot and this because, how four people who we, how dare are on food stamps half a container of yogurt. dare we who are living are working peoin the very top of ple, but are below the food chain deny the poverty line. Libia Bustamante, a single mother of two in food to those at the bottom. I think there has to Redwood City who depends on CalFresh, said be a loud indignation expressed by all of us. I she and her kids eat foods they prefer during the would say that for all the principles that many first two or three weeks of the month, and other of my colleagues espouse around Christianity, foods later. She said they rely on rice, beans and they don’t practice it if they are looking at cutting programs like this.” tortillas most days.

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People’s Parts of the Mass with changes effective Nov. 27 in bold GREETING Priest: People:

NICENE CREED The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.

All:

PENITENTIAL ACT FORM A (CONFITEOR) All:

I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. Have mercy on us, O Lord. For we have sinned against you. Show us, O Lord, your mercy. And grant us your salvation.

GLORIA All:

All:

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;

FORM B Priest: People: Priest: People:

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

APOSTLES’ CREED

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

AT THE GOSPEL

through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

MYSTERY OF FAITH (FORMERLY THE MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION) Priest: People:

May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.

People:

Priest: People: Priest: People: Priest: People:

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

SANCTUS All:

The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right and just.

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Deacon (or Priest): The Lord be with you. People: And with your spirit. Deacon (or Priest): A reading from the holy Gospel according to N. People: Glory to you, O Lord.

What will be your new liturgical year’s resolution?

ere is a popular phrase of motivational speakers describing those who do not want to adapt: “Change is good … as long as it doesn’t affect me.” We can all have this feeling from time to time. Change can be challenging and difficult, whether it is something we are happily anticipating (a different job, a new house, a baby) or something unwelcome (death, aging, dental surgery). Often, we can be both pleased about a future change, yet also sensing a bittersweet sorrow at the things we will necessarily give up. As with many things in life, much of the pleasure or pain of change comes from our mindset. For change that we know is coming, do we avoid thoughts of the impending new things and hide hoping that it will all go away, or do we prepare ourselves as well as possible and think positively? Whether change is known in advance or a sudden difference, and whether it is a looked for or a dreaded alteration to our routine, accommodating and opening ourselves to what is happening can make all the difference as to whether it is an agreeable or a painful transition For the last year, we in the English-speaking Catholic Church have been preparing for the revised Roman Missal -- new translations of Latin texts that will affect what we say and how we say it at Mass. This change, like all others, is a mixture of experiences: we have had the opportunity to reflect on what we do at liturgy and why; some of the new prayers are poetic and challenging; we also need to say goodbye to what we have become accustomed to for over 40 years.

It is quite appropriate that we will begin using the revised missal on the First Sunday of Advent. Advent is a time of anticipation and preparation, looking forward to the celebration of the incarnation of our savior at Christmas and waiting for when Christ will come to us again in glory. We have prepared for and awaited this change of texts. We know that it is not the end but the beginning of something new, just as the arrival of the Messiah in flesh was not the end but the beginning. It is also appropriate that we all hear and participate in the new Mass prayers and responses on the first day of the new liturgical year. As we start another cycle of liturgies with the birth of Christ and go on through the year celebrating the saints and feasts of our faith in liturgy and life, the responses and prayers in Mass will take on new life and new meaning for us. Often in a new calendar year, people use Jan. 1 as a chance to make New Year’s resolutions, promising how they will change and grow in the coming year. What will be your resolution for the new liturgical year? Will it be to complain and resist the changes since they are not perfect or are not what you have said by rote for many years? Or will your resolution be to give yourself and everyone else – clergy and laity – time to adapt to the changes with trust, patience and humor? In all such matters, the choice is ours. It is to be hoped that everyone in our archdiocese can grow together as we change and adapt under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Most Rev. George Niederauer Archbishop of San Francisco

When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your death, O Lord, until you come again.

FROM C People:

Save us, Savior of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection, you have set us free.

SIGN OF PEACE Priest: People:

The peace of the Lord be with you always. And with your spirit.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION Priest:

Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

All:

Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

PREFACE DIALOGUE I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.

FORM B

INVITATION TO PRAYER People:

The mystery of faith.

FORM A

CONCLUDING RITES Priest: People:

The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. Illustration & Design: Lance Jackson

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November 18, 2011

It’s jarring to enter a medical facility in Somalia. I visited a hospital that had depleted its supplies and was forced to run without medications. In one room I entered I was faced with 15 severely malnourished children. There were eight such rooms at this particular hospital. The medical staff was completely overwhelmed. There were four to five doctors to oversee the most severe cases along with the countless others who arrived daily in search of help. Nurses were in even shorter supply. Mothers are often forced to become both nurse and doctor for their children. They cling to their frail bodies and try to nourish them as best they can. When a person is starving they can’t eat or drink; they require special food. In the face of such severe malnutrition medical expertise is really required, and yet these women who have had no training and often can’t even read are struggling to keep their loved ones alive. The doctors provide serum and the mothers do their best to lovingly administer what they’ve been given. But there is no technology to support them, no IVs and no monitors to measure vital signs. I saw one young boy who had been in the hospital for two months. Can you imagine a mother trying to keep her child alive for two months? She had succeeded up to that point but he was still so frail it was doubtful that he would survive. Remarkably, despite pervasive hunger, many young Somali women have reached full-term in their pregnancies. The head of the newborn section told me they were currently caring for 160 newborns. Sadly 20 of the mothers died either in childbirth or from complications after giving birth. That is a ratio of 1 in 8 mothers dying from childbirth. It is unconscionable. The eyes of the Somali children in the hospital haunt me. It is up to us to help them understand the world. It is up to us to restore their childhood. This article was posted to a Catholic Relief Services blog Nov. 4 and is reprinted with permission of CRS. It was written by Muzaffer, who works for a CRS partner organization responding to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and was recently in Mogadishu. The writer’s full name and affiliation are withheld for security reasons.

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Dispatch from Mogadishu

An internally displaced Somali woman cries Sept. 20 near the body of her son, who died of malnourishment, next to their temporary home in Mogadishu.

At a glance – Famine has been declared in six regions of south central Somalia, including parts of the capital Mogadishu that are hosting displaced people, according to Catholic Relief Services. Famine conditions are predicted to spread to even more areas of southern Somalia unless there is a massive increase in the humanitarian response. – The famine in Somalia remains severe: 4 million people are food insecure, meaning they are in urgent need of food assistance, and 750,000 people are at risk of death without urgent humanitarian intervention.

– Child malnutrition rates in Somalia are the highest in the world, with one out of every three Somali children malnourished (450,000 out of an estimated 1.3 million). – Tens of thousands of refugees from Somalia have fled into Kenya and Ethiopia. To donate to CRS’ East Africa Emergency Fund, supporters can call (877) Help-CRS (877)435-7277) or mail donations to: Catholic Relief Services, Attn: East Africa Emergency Fund, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, MD 212037090. For online donations visit https://secure.crs.org.

Two views of inequality

Paper, pope urge judicious economic steps for common good

A new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranks member states according to “social justice,” scoring each on the net of six social and economic measures. At right is a chart from the study ranking countries by their efforts to prevent poverty. Comments from the study are below: Poverty in wealthy countries is not necessarily a simple fact of modern-day life but

– The G-20 summit Nov. 3-4 failed to reach agreement on addressing Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis, despite a special appeal from Pope Benedict XVI to overcome the crisis and promote real development. – During the summit an editorial in the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano called for a new model of leadership to deal with today’s economic reality. Leaders must embrace “a governance which aims for the common good” and agree to re-industrialize, strengthen financial institutions and support employment. It will take time to restore economic fundamentals but there is no easy way without creating another debt bubble or taxing the wealth of families. Such a tax would sacrifice a necessary resource for development and “at the same time create an injustice.”

One study stresses the political causes of poverty; another looks at the effect of market choices. can be combated with success. Social participation is in no way exclusively a function of economic power, government spending or certain welfare-state traditions. Rather, it can be achieved when priorities are set and socially disadvantaged groups are not excluded. Among the surveyed countries, an average of 10.8 percent of the population is considered “poor,” meaning these individuals live on less than half the national median income. Of particular concern is child poverty. However, a relatively large percentage of the populations in the United States, Chile and Mexico live in income poverty. A comparison of social justice in the OECD shows considerable variation in the extent to which this principle is developed in these market-based democracies. Iceland and Norway are the most socially just countries and Turkey ranks last. The United States lands near the bottom

of the weighted index, ranking only slightly better than Mexico and Chile. • A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau measures neighborhood income inequality from 2005–2009. The report found that income inequality has been trending upward since 1981 and is concentrated in a handful of states, including California. It noted that an underlying factor is “income sorting” – the tendency of people to choose to live in neighborhoods with others of similar income status. Comments from the study are below. Income inequality is one measure of soci-

etal conditions. Some have argued that large (and recently increasing) income inequality is potentially harmful to social stability – letting “the rich get richer while the poor get poorer” is thought to be bad for the United States. Others have argued that income inequality is one of the engines that drives economic growth and innovation and taxing away the incomes of those at the top end of the income distribution can stifle creativity and lower the well-being of everyone. Income sorting might have negative consequences for the poor but largely is the market-driven outcome of individual choices.

– The Vatican journalist Sandro Magister interpreted the editorial as a stepping back from the Oct. 24 statement by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace advocating for a global authority to check the financial markets. – At the Vatican Nov. 10 the pope said that through work “man comes to see himself as a participant in God’s plan of creation.” He said “unemployment or precarious work undermine man’s dignity, creating not just situations of injustice and poverty which frequently degenerate into desperation, criminality and violence, but also crises of identity. It is, then, vital that serious, effective and judicious measures be taken on all sides.” – Research by Catholic San Francisco

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November 18, 2011

The Catholic Difference

Must the Roman Curia be Italian? Although he’s not very well known in the U.S., save among members of the Sant’Egidio community (of which he’s the founding father), Andrea Riccardi is a major figure in the Catholic Church in Italy: a historian of the papacy, a commentator on all things Catholic, and a player in various ecclesiastical dramas. Most recently, according to Vatican reporter Sandro Magister, Riccardi has taken to defending the Italian character of the Roman Curia, which, after a period of internationalization, has become more pronounced over the past decade. Magister quotes Riccardi as arguing that “the Curia cannot become a kind of U.N., because it is part of the Roman church and must maintain a particular ecclesial, human and cultural connection with it.” Permit me to disagree. The pope is the Bishop of Rome; Rome is an Italian see; the pope governs the Diocese of Rome through a cardinal vicar. It is entirely appropriate that the cardinal vicar be Italian and that the personnel of the Vicariate of Rome be predominantly Italian; they are, after all, at the service of the local Roman church. Because he is the Bishop of Rome, the pope is also “the universal pastor of the church” (a title used by the Vatican’s official yearbook in noting the beginning of the pope’s solemn initiation of his Petrine ministry). The more traditional title, “supreme pontiff of the universal church,” denotes the same reality. In this Petrine service as supreme pastor of the church throughout the world, the pope employs the Roman Curia. Curial

history is complex and need not detain us here; the crucial point is that the Curia today exists to inform and give effect to the pope’s ministry as pastor of the universal church. The Vicariate of Rome attends to the pope’s mission as a local bishop; the Curia attends to the pope’s ministry as supreme pontiff of the universal church. Andrea Riccardi is quite right that “the Curia cannot become a kind of U.N.,” but probably not for the reason he intends. The Curia ought not be “a kind of “U.N.” because the U.N. is a selfserving, bloated and often corrupt bureaucracy. But it makes no sense, today, to argue that the Curia is “part of the Roman church,” save in the obvious sense that it is located in Rome and therefore takes part in the life of the local Roman church. The Curia’s purpose, however, is not local but universal: and that is why it is counterintuitive to suggest that any one national culture has a particular aptitude for staffing the Roman Curia, or that the Roman Curia as a 21st-century institution has a unique connection to the local Roman church. It is true that the Curia’s modus operandi remains largely Italianate and that Italian language competence is a sine qua non of effective service in the curia today. But the former is not without its difficulties, as the Banco Ambrosiano scandal of the early 1980s, the oft-remarked languid curial pace, and persisting patterns of curial cronyism and nepotism ought to demonstrate. And while the Roman Curia may well be the last

holdout against English as the primary working language of international centers across the globe, it will almost certainly succumb at some point. In his service as universal pastor of the church, George Weigel the pope must be able to draw on talent from all over the world church; Italy will surely contribute some of that talent, but it has no monopoly on it. Curialists often speak of “the way we do things here.” Yet those ways, some impressive, some not, were formed in a distinctive epoch of Catholic history – Counter-Reformation Catholicism – that is coming to an end. The universal ministry of the pope in the evangelical Catholicism to which Vatican II and the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI are giving birth is going to require a different kind of central administration, a different kind of Roman Curia. It certainly shouldn’t be “a kind of U.N.” But there is no reason for it to be dominantly Italian, either. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

The Human Side

At a glance

Questions raised by the age of the drone

– The CIA uses two types of drone strikes. A “signature” strike targets groups of suspected militants; a “personality” strike targets known terrorist leaders. – Total reported killed: 2,349-2,959 – Number of strikes in Pakistan per year 2009-11: 53, 117, 61 year to date – Today’s drones may seem highly advanced but “are merely the first generation – the equivalent of the Model T Ford or the Wright Brothers’ Flyer.” Peter Warren Singer, Brookings Institution – Drones “are consistent with a society’s duty to avoid unnecessary risks to its combatants” but could encourage unjust wars and facilitate the circumvention of legitimate authority.” Edward Barrett, U.S. Naval Academy – “In the view of important voices in international law, the practice outside of a traditional battlefield is a violation of international human rights law, guarantees against extrajudicial execution and, at bottom, is just simple murder.” Kenneth Anderson, Washington College of Law, American University Sources: The Wall Street Journal, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a nonprofit group at the City University of London;, Long War Journal, U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs hearing, “Rise of the Drones: Unmanned Systems and the Future of War,” March 23, 2010

Will fascination with technology grow stronger than the earnestness for As we enter Advent and contemplate employing peaceful means for bringing the coming of Christ, are we any closer about reconciliation? to achieving true peace in our new age Ultimately, where will the new age of drones and satellite technology? of drones take us? A month doesn’t pass without our Will we see our borders employing hearing of yet another terrorist killed them to stop drug dealers? by a drone attack. Will they occupy our skies, stalking No one can deny that the introduccriminals on the run? tion of drones has led to attacks that Will other nations catch up with the destroy terrorists, while leaving those technology and use them against the around them untouched more often United States someday? than not. This new type of warfare that If morality and the questions it A policeman holds a weapon at a security utilizes satellites and robotic machines raises are left out of the question checkpoint in Islamabad May 3. Pakistan and is reducing collateral damage to human of advancing technology, it is posthe United States reaffirmed their commitment life and property. sible that we could experience an to jointly fight extremism May 2, a day after Because of this new technology, we Armageddon. the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden have entered an age in which terrorists Whenever humankind was left to by U.S. special forces in Pakistan. or criminals can no longer hide. In the its own devices, not including God’s United States, police now have better wisdom and prudence, it has selfmeans of tracking criminals and apprehend- rorists thousands of miles away may seem like destructed. Divinity must precede and guide ing them before they can do more harm. making progress in warfare. In the process, the advances of humankind. In a very true sense, drones and satellite however, are we losing a personal sense of It is ever so easy to get caught up in gadtechnology have made championing justice humanity when this happens? Is human life getry. The wisdom of raising moral questions more effective. Nonetheless, they raise a devalued when we can kill another human is that they get us out of our toy-land world number of disturbing moral questions: and encourage us to enter more fully into without knowing or seeing the person? Have we entered a time in which killing As the intrigue with drones and satellite the world of reality. has become even more coldblooded? technology grows, will it produce even more Father Eugene Hemrick’s column is Sitting at a computer and maneuvering a terrifying means for destroying life, perhaps joystick capable of destroying a camp of ter- leading to laser beams shot from satellites? carried by Catholic News Service. (CNS PHOTO/ERIK DE CASTRO, REUTERS)

By Father Eugene Hemrick

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Silence and solitude I was heartened to see the brief report of Pope Benedict’s recent comments about the need for silence: “Endless news, noise and crowds have made people afraid of silence and solitude, which are essential for finding God’s love and

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love for others” (Oct 14). I’ve long wondered why Catholic San Francisco, and indeed our parishes, don’t offer encouragement for contemplative prayer – a great treasure of our tradition. Centering prayer is just such a practice. Deeply rooted in our Christian contemplative tradition, it offers a simple method for sitting quietly in God’s presence for some time each day, opening our mind and heart to God’s healing and transforming presence. This rich dimension of our heritage has been deeply lived and beautifully taught through Father Thomas Keating, among others. I’d love to see a regular column on the Christian contemplative tradition and its gifts for our time. There would be rich resources and help selecting excerpts from Father Keating’s prolific

writings to create even a monthly column at Contemplative Outreach International. As Pope Benedict says, silence and solitude are essential for finding God’s love and love for others! Our church can help us rediscover this truth. Catherine Regan San Francisco The writer is a spiritual director and facilitates centering prayer at Mercy Center in Burlingame and locations throughout the Bay Area.

Profoundly tested

obligation to ourselves to spotlight the church’s many virtues as well as its many shortcomings. Patrick F. Cloherty Millbrae

L E T T E R S

Re “Our Catholic Church and healthy tensions,” Brian Cahill, Guest Commentary, Nov. 4: I, too, shared the experience of Father Peyton’s Rosary Crusade at the Polo Ground in Golden Gate Park 50 years ago. We all know that was a different time. Since then, our faith has been profoundly tested. Our man-led church has tested that faith in many ways. Although we are not filling the pews and pulling our beads as often as we did 50 years ago, the faith has not been lost. Yes, we have the

Balanced column Brian Cahill writes an intelligent, balanced, and mature column about the current tensions within the Catholic Church. I thank him for sharing his insights and Catholic San Francisco for printing his comments. My vote is for more of the same. Greg Calegari San Francisco

Dismayed by book review

Over the past few months, I have read many favorable reviews of Julian Guthrie’s book, “The Grace of Everyday Saints.” However, I was dismayed to read Rachelle Linner’s comments (Catholic News Service review, “Books review divisive LETTERS, page 20

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A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL EZ 34:11-12, 15-17 Thus says the Lord God: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark. I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself will give them rest, says the Lord God. The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, the sick I will heal, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy, shepherding them rightly. As for you, my sheep, says the Lord God, I will judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats. RESPONSORIAL PSALM PS 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6 R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose. R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. He guides me in right paths for his name’s sake. R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; Matthew 25: “Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.” About 30 years ago and fresh out of college, I joined the peacetime military and was sent as an Army officer to serve overseas in West Germany. Assigned to an infantry battalion, my fellow soldiers and I spent most of our time training in the field. Though it was interesting work, we would find ourselves outside for weeks at a time, often in some pretty inhospitable weather. It seemed like we were always cold and wet. We slept in the snow, ate cold rations, washed and shaved in ice cold water. While I was there, I had two different commanders. The first made us go to him whenever he needed us. We’d find him sitting in a big tent, with a large wood stove keeping everything nice and warm. He slept on a comfortable cot, had access to hot water and hot meals. He had no idea what we were going through, nor did he seem to care. He commanded us simply by wielding his power and authority. Our other commander, the fellow who took his place, always came to us. He slept where we slept, ate the same food we did, and was as cold and miserable as we were. We knew that he

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Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; Psalm 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6; 1 Corinthians 15:20-26; Matthew 25:31-46 you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come. R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 1 COR 15:20-26, 28 Brothers and sisters: Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through man, the resurrection of the dead came also through man. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought

to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. When everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all. A READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW MT 25:31-46 Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from

Scripture reflection DEACON MICHAEL MURPHY

God in the trenches always understood what he was asking us to do; we knew that he would always do it with us. As a result, we loved him and would have followed him anywhere. This man chose to be one of us, and that made all the difference. This week we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. Given the rightful title of king, Jesus faces a similar choice in how he sees the relationship between himself and those in his kingdom. Does

he stay back, direct us from on high, relying on power and authority? Or does he jump in and join us, experiencing the same joys and sorrows we do, risking all for the sake of those who follow him? Our readings make his answer perfectly clear. From Ezekiel’s picture of Our Lord as Shepherd, to Jesus identifying himself with the most poor, we see a God who has decided to share our lives,

another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.’ Then they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’ He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” taking the radical step of not only helping us, but actually becoming one of us. Instead of watching from a distance, he enters our world with passion, understanding and empathy. Christ the King loves us so much he cannot bear to be away from us, but instead chooses to leave his throne and rushes to enter our lives. Rather than just pointing us in the direction he wants us to go, he gets down in the trenches with us. As a shepherd, he leads and guides us, searches for us when we’re lost. He’s not afraid to get muddy or wet, it doesn’t matter if he’s exhausted or worn out. Jesus the shepherd puts us first and joins us, protecting us and looking after us. This week, let us celebrate this king of kings who is always by our side. He gave up his throne for a cross that we might find peace, healing and happiness in this world and so that we could spend an eternity with him and those we love in the next. This is a king I can love, a king I would follow anywhere. Christ the King chose to become one of us, and that has made all the difference. Deacon Michael Murphy serves at St. Charles Parish in San Carlos.

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Catholics and prenuptials; paying back creditors Question: I am 54 years old, divorced and about to enter my second marriage. My first one ended against my will; my husband was unfaithful and wanted out. Catholic faith is very important to me. My boyfriend (of two-and-a-half years) and I have talked about marrying, and last night he asked me how I felt about signing a prenuptial agreement. I am not with him because of his assets or his money, and I have mixed feelings about such an agreement. In a way, it seems as though he is “sort of” marrying me (in that it is with certain conditions). I also feel that we would be interposing financial considerations; we should be concerned with the lives and intimacy we will be sharing and not with finances. Please give me your thoughts, concerns and opinions – or just tell me to get over it. (Des Moines, Iowa) Answer: Since you said that your Catholic faith is very important to you, I am assuming that you have received a church annulment for your first marriage. (I am also assuming that your boyfriend either was never married before or that he also has obtained a church annulment, leaving you both free to marry in the eyes of the Catholic Church.) Then, to the matter of the prenuptial agreement: The Catholic Church does not have a blanket prohibition of “prenups.” In certain cases, they can be quite valid and helpful. When a widow marries a widower, for example, and they both have children from their previous marriages, a prenup is a legitimate way of determining what is common

property and what is separate as a basis for determining the inheritance rights of each spouse’s children. In most cases, though, prenups are a bad idea and may even call into question the validity of the marriage itself. The same misgivings that you express (that your boyfriend would be “sort of” marrying you) are the same concerns that the church has about a prenup. Clearly, the church’s teaching is that marriage is permanent and requires an unconditional commitment. Accordingly, Canon 1102 of the church’s Code of Canon Law says that “marriage subject to a condition about the future cannot be contracted validly.” For a prospective spouse to say, for example, “I will marry you, if you agree I’ll get half the assets at a divorce,” strikes at the heart of the church’s view of marriage. The very contemplation of divorce at the outset of a marriage creates an “escape hatch” and could well imply something less than a total commitment. Question: I read (in The Catholic Moment) your article on the church’s position regarding bankruptcy filings. The article was interesting. However, it is important to understand that there is a legal risk associated with repaying a debt that has been discharged in bankruptcy. The risk is that, if you pay off one debt, either partially or in full, that probably would result in all of your debts being resurrected. It would amount to a preference of one creditor over another, and that is not allowed. (Carmel, Ind.)

Answer: Thank you for your comment. I said in my column that a person who borrows money incurs a moral obligation as well as a legal one, and so “down the road, if it ever came to be that he had resources Father beyond what was needed Kenneth Doyle to maintain his family reasonably, he should endeavor to repay the debts which the bankruptcy court discharged legally.” In fact, the “danger zone” that you caution about occurs before the bankruptcy is approved, not after. During the 90-day period preceding the court’s declaration of a discharge in bankruptcy, repayment to a single creditor and not to others is viewed by the law as an impermissible preference. But once the court grants the bankruptcy, the governing U.S. Bankruptcy Code allows the person discharged to repay anyone he wants, in whatever amount, and the law views this as a permissible gift. Father Kenneth Doyle column is carried by Catholic News Service. Write askfatherdoyle@ gmail.com and 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208.

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The true spirit of giving thanks

Canada geese fly over a lake at sunrise near Clark Fork, Idaho, Oct. 27.

‘All things in good plenty’ By Christina Capecchi When Mary Chilton first spotted the New World in November 1620, the 13-year-old had been aboard the Mayflower for 10 weeks, stuck in the same clothes and cramped in dark, damp quarters among seasick passengers and dying goats. Each family was allotted one storage trunk for all their possessions. Imagine the terror and thrill of squinting at Cape Cod’s thickets. Mary earned the distinction of being the first European woman to set foot on Plymouth Rock. The week before Christmas, her father died. Three weeks after Christmas, the illness they called the “general sickness” had claimed her mother. Only half of the Mayflower’s 102 passengers lived to see spring in Massachusetts. Mary marked her 14th birthday as an orphan, grasping the ways of a foreign land, where the Wampanoag Indians offered guideposts: how to grow corn, catch fish, extract maple sap and identify poisonous plants. She was present at what we consider the first Thanksgiving, a three-day feast called for by Gov. William Bradford to celebrate a successful corn harvest. The Plymouth colonists were joined by their teachers, the Wampanoag, who arrived with five deer. They cooked wild duck over an open flame, feasted

on seasoned corn and gave thanks: for their harvest, for their friendship, and ultimately, for their survival. Bradford chronicled it all, writing: “Thus they found the Lord to be with them in all their ways and to bless their outgoings and incomings, for which let his holy name have the praise

Stewardship for God’s creation and gratitude for whatever life may bring are the essence of Thanksgiving. forever to all posterity. They began now to gather in the small harvest they had and to fit up their houses and dwellings against winter, being all well recovered in health and strength and had all things in good plenty…” The general sickness had ceased. Their food was hot, their faith, intact. It was hard for him to fathom what more they could possibly want. It was, to him, “all things in good plenty.” It takes an awful lot to make 21st-century Americans decide we have “all things in good plenty.” We haven’t really arrived

there. We’re still upgrading our vehicles, filling our basements and then paying to store the overflow. It’s hard to see much of the first Thanksgiving in our 390th, with stuffing and pie and football on big-screen TVs. But I’m trying to look back. I have such awe for the pioneers who paved the way – saints and settlers, miners and mothers. I’m praying with St. Francis de Sales, who said: “Give me one more thing, O Lord: a grateful heart.” I know that can cover and cure every matter, turning my portion into “all things in good plenty.” I’m giving thanks while hoping for a life as full and rich as Mary Chilton’s, who married and delivered 10 children. She died an old lady who had raised a family, welcomed grandkids and written a will. In it, she accounted for six white aprons, three pocket handkerchiefs, two leather chairs and a brass candlestick. Mary understood what really counted. “Knowing the uncertainty of this present life and being desirous to settle that outward estate the Lord hath lent me, I do make this my last will and testament,” she wrote. “First and principally, I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, my Creator.” Here’s to putting first things first. Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer from Inver Grove Heights, Minn. She can be reached at www. ReadChristina.com.

Living with a grateful heart By Sister Margie Lavonis Many years ago a missionary friend of mine told me about a beautiful tradition practiced by the people who live in Uganda, East Africa. From a very young age children are taught to live with grateful hearts. The word they use is “webali,” which is an expression of gratitude for all God’s gifts no matter how seemingly insignificant. For example, any time a person goes to another’s home, the host thanks that person for taking the time out of his day to visit and the guest thanks the host for welcoming him into his home. Or if someone has a conversation with another, that person thanks her for taking the time to speak and listen to her. The Ugandan people express their gratitude for every human act of kindness no matter how big or small. It has become part of their culture. When I heard about this life of appreciation and gratitude it left quite an impression on me, and I believe we can learn a lot from our Ugandan brothers and sisters. It can be so easy to take our gifts for granted. I know I am sometimes guilty of this. I expect the heat to work when it is cold, that I will have the food I need when I am hungry and I will have health care when I need it. There are so many things in life I just expect and do not recognize as gifts.

It would be good for each of us to develop an attitude of thanksgiving and gratitude. One way we can do this is to spend some quiet time reflecting upon all God has given to us, especially those things we often take for granted or just expect. Why wait until we meet a blind or deaf person to thank God for our gifts of sight and hearing. Or, after we lose a

Let thanksgiving become an attitude in our hearts – and a way of life. parent, sibling, close friend or relative, we realize we are reminded to be thankful for our families and friends. Then there are those who serve us and to whom we often neglect to express our thanks and appreciation. I think of people like the waitresses we encounter when we go out to eat or the cashier who waits on us when we shop. Others might be the secretary or cleaning man at work.

Maybe we never even think about thanking the teachers who educate us or our parents who pay our tuition. We also need to thank people who give us gifts or invite us to their homes or go out of their way to be kind to us. Perhaps we have an attitude of entitlement rather than gratitude. A good prayerful reflection I have found helpful is to take some quiet time to thank God for the people, living or dead, for whom I am grateful and, when possible, to express my thanks to them. I find that writing them a real letter, not email, is an effective way to do this. In fact I have even written in my journal to those who have died. After all, they are part of the communion of saints. Finally, the Mass is the ultimate offering of thanksgiving to God. When we celebrate the Eucharist we give thanks for the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Eucharist means thanksgiving. Let us live as eucharistic people and, like the Ugandans, let thanksgiving become an attitude in our hearts – and a way of life. Let us appreciate all that we have while we have it and not take people and our other gifts for granted. Holy Cross Sister Margie Lavonis is a freelance writer from Notre Dame, Ind.

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Letters . . . ■ Continued from page 17 parish closures from different sides,” Nov. 4), which dismiss the book as a “black and white morality play” and state that “reliance on caricature instead of context fails to convey complexity ….” If Ms. Linner feels that the book is not textured or balanced enough, perhaps she should be reminded that several requests for interviews with Archbishop John Quinn (who closed St. Brigid Church) and Cardinal William Levada (who sold it) were denied to Ms. Guthrie, as stated in the Author’s Note. Jan Robinson San Francisco

Support for First Resort Catholic women convene Thank you for including First Resort CEO Shari Plunkett’s commentary in your Nov. 4 issue. As a longtime supporter of this organization and a Roman Catholic, I applaud their work in protecting the sanctity of life. I truly hope your San Francisco readers will take the time to contact their elected officials to share dismay over their singling out a pregnancy care center that does not provide abortions. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the wonderful work of this organization, please know that their mission translates into serving those women whose pregnancies may be “unplanned,” but whose children are not unloved. Cathy Baylock Burlingame

So uncertain a thing Re “Is this subsidiarity?” (Letters, Nov. 11): I grow fearful when I see people, apparently of good faith, buying the idea, promoted by the likes of George Weigel and the Ayn Rand

Cherrin Moore, Lindamarie Richardson, Susan Igel and Pearlie Harris, all from South Carolina, pray during the opening Mass at the annual gathering of the National Council of Catholic Women in Chicago Nov.10. Nearly 700 Catholic women from across the United States were expected to attend NCCW’s Nov. 9-12 convention.

disciple Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., that those who see the necessity of working as a world community and looking at means to assure a more equitable distribution of wealth are taking a page from, and I quote, “Marx, Stalin, Mao and the progressives.” I cite another part of this letter: It seems that the writer is “horrified” that a body speaking for the church, and very much in keeping with Benedict XVI’s address on Nov. 2 concerning the G-20 Summit, would call for “the gradual creation of a world political authority with broad powers to regulate financial markets, rein in the inequalities and distortions of capitalist development and promote development and the common good.” The writer seems to believe that this violates the principle of subsidiarity. I disagree. In 2011, the “local level,” as it was once

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upon a time, has been replaced by the “global level,” and you only have to look at the effects of Greece and Italy’s economies on ours to know that. This letter seems to speak to the sanctity of unbridled capitalism and an unparalleled, stratospheric level of corporate greed. But by no stretch of the imagination can a Catholic sit by, nourishing acquisitiveness, while our brothers and sisters starve. I do seem to remember a clear statement, as in church teaching, that the church subscribes to “a preferential option for the poor.” There is nowhere in the body of Catholic Social Thought, going back to Leo XIII in “Rerum Novarum” (1891), that does not speak to the

necessity of governments’ creating economies where all are allowed to enjoy the “fruits of their labors” in peace. As Pope Benedict so rightly said, “I hope [these countries] will help overcome the difficulties, which on a global level block the promotion of an authentically human and integral development.” Welcome to subsidiarity in the 21st century. Or, as it says so well in 1 Timothy 6, “Tell the rich in the present age not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth, but rather on God ... tell them to ... do good works, to be generous and ready to share.” Sounds pretty clear to me. Sue Malone Hayes San Francisco

Books of witness As someone working within the RCIA ministry, I will make a note of these books by Jesuit Father Norman Tanner and Father Robert Barron (“Authors offer fresh, accessible views on an ancient church,” Nov. 11), which appear to be both readable for the average person and appealing. I have found that a lot of the barriers keeping people from the church, apart from misinformation, are emotional. Therefore, we also need personal witness books from people in the pews whose authenticity and passion which will help to root out prejudices and negative experiences and replace them with more desirable feelings, and an almost tangible experience of God’s presence. The trouble is that those who have distanced themselves from the church, and those who stand on the fringes of faith, often shy away from picking up a “religious” book. And for those of us whose children have drifted away and for whom the faith is almost a taboo subject, how can we breach that gap? Jan Schredl Kelowna, British Columbia

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As food has always been a comfort to families who have experienced a loss, it seems only fitting that Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery would create a cookbook in honor of its 125th Anniversary. We would like to create a cookbook of memories – special recipes of your loved ones who are interred in Holy Cross. As the families we serve are from so many different cultures and backgrounds, our book should be a delicious mix of memories and interesting dishes to make. If your Grandmother, Mom, Dad or Great Uncle Sam made a special dish and is interred in Holy Cross, we hope that you will share that favorite recipe.

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Spirituality for Life

Loneliness: Its ultimate agony When I was 22 years old, a seminarian, I was privileged to have a unique kind of desert experience. I sat with my siblings in a palliative care room for several weeks, watching my father die. My father was young still, 62, and in good health until being struck with pancreatic cancer. He was a man of faith and he brought that to his final struggle. He wasn’t afraid of God, whom he had served all his life, nor of the afterlife, which his faith assured him was to be joy-filled. Yet he couldn’t let go of life easily, struggling almost bitterly at times to surrender. There was a deep sadness inside him, ultimately more soft than bitter, during his last weeks of life. He didn’t want to die. But his sadness was not rooted in a fear of death, of God, or of the afterlife. His sadness had to do with leaving this world, leaving his wife, his family, his community, his dreams for his retirement years, and his own enjoyment of life. He was sad at the bitter fact that he was dying while the rest of us and the rest of life were continuing on, without him. I was reminded of this recently while reading an article in America magazine by Sidney Callahan within which she shares about her own fear of dying. Here’s the salient part of her text. “But less severe losses also seep into my fear of dying. Intense sadness arises over giving up one’s part in the ongoing drama of one’s daily life and one’s times. The familiar local round and love of one’s own family and people (including my adored dog) strongly bind us to our specific and beautiful world. To have this story interrupted is a painful prospect when we could go on forever. When your life is a blessed Sabbath banquet given by God here and now, leaving your place at the table can

be hard – even for a more glorious celebration. In dying we will inevitably be entering into an unimaginable, novel existence, like a fetus being born. Despite the promised wonders in the world to come, I am afraid I identify with the happy, contented fetus in the warm womb who does not want to come out.” Before dismissing this as an immature or less-than-holy feeling, we might want to examine Jesus’ own fear of dying. The Gospels present his agony, his “sweating blood,” as a moral drama rather than as a physical one. It’s Jesus in his humanity, as lover, who is sweating his death. The Gospels make this clear. In describing his death they highlight his intense loneliness, his isolation, his being “a stone’s throw away from everyone,” and his feeling of abandonment. The pain he expresses in the garden isn’t fear about impending physical pain: It’s fear about impending abandonment, about his losing his place at the table, about the moral and emotional isolation of dying, of dying alone, of dying misunderstood, of dying as unanimity-minus-one. It can be helpful to contemplate this for a number of reasons. First, a deeper understanding of this can help us recognize and deal more openly with some of our own fears about dying. We need to give ourselves permission to be sad at the thought of death. As well, a deeper understanding of this can help us prepare ourselves for the loneliness we will one day all have to face. As Martin Luther put it: You are going to die alone. You had better believe alone. Next, a deeper understanding of this can save us from making simplistic judgments about how other people deal with death. Too common is the simplistic belief that if a person has

real faith, he or she should be able to let go of life easily and die peacefully. There’s truth in this, but it needs tons of qualification: As Iris Murdoch once wrote: “A common soldier dies without fear, Jesus died afraid!” Jesus, as the Father Ron account of his death in the Rolheiser Gospel of Mark makes clear, did not go through the death-process, the process of letting go, serenely. He faced his death with faith and courage, but he also faced it with deep sadness, intense struggle, near bitterness, and seeming darkness at the center of his faith. Healthy people, people who love life, find it hard to give up their place at this world’s tables. Small wonder that Jesus struggled! Finally, a deeper understanding of this can, paradoxically, help us to enter life more deeply. Jesus tells us that we must lose our lives in order to find them. Among other things, this means accepting that one day we will lose our place at this world’s tables. And that acceptance can give us a deeper appreciation for the tables of family, community, and enjoyment that we sit at now in this specific and beautiful world. Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.

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Guest Commentary By Ginny Kubitz Moyer For most of my life, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve hated that autumn tradition known as daylight saving time. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost painful to see night fall so early, to give up the possibilities afforded by those evening hours of daylight. But this year, as we approached the annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;fall back,â&#x20AC;? I found myself almost giddy with anticipation at the idea of gaining another 60 minutes. An extra hour! How would I spend it? Would I curl up with a book? Make a more elaborate breakfast than usual? Enjoy a relaxed morning with my family rather than our typical dash-outthe-door-and-hope-to-get-to-Mass-before -the-first-reading ritual? And my reaction made me realize something: There is no better gift than the gift of time. Like many of us, I tend to forget this. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkably easy to feel dissatisfied with the present, longing instead for future states of being. I want to fast-forward to the time when my younger son is finally potty-trained, when he and his brother are old enough not to leave small cars lying around in inconvenient places. I want to skip ahead to the day when we are no longer writing hefty checks for preschool tuition, a day when perhaps weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have enough in

the bank to add a second bathroom to the house. But when I think such thoughts, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m making the assumption that I will have so much time that I can afford to toss a few months or years away, blithely, as if they are expendable. And when it comes right down to it, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to regard time as something to squander. We get what we get, and the truth is that we never know exactly how much time any of us has coming. That sounds grim, and perhaps on some level it is. But this awareness reminds me to approach each day with a sense of gratitude, looking not at dreams deferred, but at blessings bestowed. My house is small and messy, but it is a place that brings me joy. My little boys are exhausting, but I love them with a love beyond all telling, exactly as they are. And I think that God smiles broadly when I savor each day that he has made, regarding it not just as a step toward some elusive achievement, but as a promise fulfilled in its own right. All of these musings make me remember a telethon I saw for the St. Jude Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital, many years ago. I went through a thick stack of Kleenex as I watched the interviews with the families. One father, who had lost his toddler to cancer, cried

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Children cross a footbridge on the Esplanade in Boston Nov. 8.

as he spoke about the gift that the doctors there had given him: They hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to save his sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, but they had extended it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can I ever thank them?â&#x20AC;? the father managed to say, hardly able to speak through his emotion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How do you thank someone who gives you more time?â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never forgotten that father, or the power of his words. And maybe I can honor them by hugging my own kids a little closer,

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Catholic charitable activity isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t simply philanthropy, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reflection of Christian faith and the obligation to love others as Christ loved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His grace perfects, strengthens and elevatesâ&#x20AC;? the basic human vocation to love others and â&#x20AC;&#x153;enables us to serve others without reward, satisfaction or any recompense,â&#x20AC;? the pope said. At the same time, through volunteering â&#x20AC;&#x153;we also become visible instruments of his love in a world that still profoundly yearns for that love amid the poverty, loneliness, marginalization and ignorance that we see all around us,â&#x20AC;? he said. Pope Benedict also asked the meeting participants to step up efforts to involve young Catholics in volunteer work as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a way to grow in the self-giving love which gives life its deepest meaning.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We must not be afraid to set before them a radical and life-changing challenge, helping them to learn that our hearts are made to love and be loved. It is in self-giving that we come to live life in all its fullness,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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The trend of young men living at home with their parents began before the Great Recession of 2007 and has continued to grow, according to new census figures. The percentage of men age 25 to 34 living in the home of their parents rose from 14 percent in 2005 to 19 percent in 2011 and from 8 percent to 10 percent over the period for women, the U.S. Census Bureau said. The bureau cited statistics from America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2011, a series of tables from the 2011 Current Population Survey providing a look at the socioeconomic characteristics of families and households at the national level. Similarly, 59 percent of men age 18 to 24 and 50 percent of women that age resided in their parents’ home in 2011, up from 53 percent and 46 percent, respectively, in 2005, the Census Bureau said, noting that college students living in a dormitory are counted in their parents’ home and are included in these percentages. The report also found that in 2011 married couples with children made up 20 percent of all households, half what they were in 1970. Between 2005 and 2011 the structure of

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Report: Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. men 25-35 living home with parents Students attend class at Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J., in mid-October. The number of males 25-35 living at home with their parents has been rising since before the Great Recession; the statistics count college students living on campus.

U.S. households crossed a threshold, with married couples making up fewer than 50 percent of households. The majority are now composed of men or women living alone, other family households and other non-family households. Other highlights: – One-person households rose from 13 percent in 1960 to 28 percent in 2011. – 27 percent of children lived with one parent and 4 percent with no parents. – Among the children who lived with one parent, 87 percent lived with their mother. – Of the 67.8 million opposite-sex couples who lived together, 89 percent were

Pope: Family key to common good Society is made up not merely of individuals but requires loving families to fulfill the common good, Pope Benedict wrote in Nov. 10 message to the II Ecuadorian National Family Congress. “The family born of a covenant of love and of complete and sincere commitment between a man and woman in marriage, is not a private entity enclosed in itself. By its vocation it makes a wonderful and decisive contribution to the common good of society and the mission of the church,” the pope wrote, according to church news services. The congress took place in the context of the Continental Mission promoted by the episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean. It was also in preparation for the 7th World Meeting of Families, due to be held in Milan, Italy, in June. “Society is not a mere aggregation of individuals, but the outcome of relationships between people – husband and wife, parents and children, siblings – the foun-

dation of which is to be found in family life and in the bonds of affection deriving there from,” the pope wrote. “Each family, through its children, gives society its own experience of human richness. We can well say that the health and value of relationships within a society depend upon the health and value of relationships within families.” The pope also said “a serene and constructive home environment, with its duties and its affections,” is where work is learned and ambition nurtured. “Moreover, family life teaches us to overcome selfishness, to nourish solidarity, not to disdain sacrifice for another’s happiness, to value what is good and true, and to apply ourselves with conviction and generosity in the name of our joint well-being and reciprocal good, showing responsibility towards ourselves, others and the environment,” the pope wrote. – Research by Catholic San Francisco

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Book details how religion can be manipulated to abuse children “BREAKING THEIR WILL: SHEDDING LIGHT ON RELIGIOUS CHILD MALTREATMENT,” by Janet Heimlich. Prometheus Books (Amherst, N.Y., 2011). 397 pp., $20.

Reviewed by Agostino Bono Any book detailing child abuse by religious authorities or in the name of religion is a hard read for people of faith. Believers are faced with a harsh reality: Many of their cherished values and concepts have been manipulated, distorted or misunderstood for perverse or violent ends. “Breaking Their Will” is no different. It narrates stark cases of children who were abused sexually, physically, emotionally and through medical neglect, all in the name of religion. For Catholics – after a decade of reading about clergy child sex abuse in the United States and Europe – learning that abuse goes beyond the confines of their church and is not limited to sexual maltreatment doesn’t lessen the blow. Author Janet Heimlich shows that sexual and other abuses of children in the United States are present in Judaism, Islam and various Christian churches. As the book title states, the primary goal of abusive adults is to break the will of children, using religion or their moral authority status to dislodge resistance. Heimlich is a freelance journalist who has done admirable research in presenting the problem. Not afraid to tackle touchy issues, she not only deals with female circumcision but also the more controversial problem of whether circumcision of boys is abuse. She criticizes the practice. Much attention is devoted

Lack of formation puts today’s young adults in moral jeopardy, book says “LOST IN TRANSLATION: THE DARK SIDE OF EMERGING ADULTHOOD” by Christian Smith, with Kari Christoffersen, Hilary Davidson & Patricia Snell Herzog. Oxford University Press (New York, 2011). 283 pp., $27.95.

Reviewed by Daniel S. Mulhall The National Study on Youth and Religion began in 2002 by examining the faith of young people in the United States who were between the ages of 13 and 18. The research team, which has been led from the beginning by Christian Smith, professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, continues to follow and interview these same young people. The first book to come from the initial study was “Soul Searching.” Since the initial interview phase, the research team has conducted two additional rounds of interviews, most recently in 2008. “Lost in Transition” is the product of that round of research. “Lost in Transition” is an example of “sociological imagi-

to medical neglect of children by parents who believe almost exclusively in faith healing, shunning accepted medical practices. A basic thesis of the book is that hierarchical authoritarian

The book argues that hierarchical authoritarian religious cultures, such as exist in sects, are ripe for child abuse. religious cultures, such as exist in sects, are ripe for child abuse. These cultures form an environment sweeping up the parents often making them the culprits through beatings, sexual abuse and medical neglect through a dependence on faith healing. But Heimlich also shows that mainstream religions are not immune. The book includes a summary of the Catholic clergy scandals and those in other mainstream churches but offers no new information or insights. It rightly notes that prevention programs

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nation,” which seeks “to understand the personal experience of – Are willing to break moral rules if they feel it will benefit individual people” while also examining the “larger social and them and if they can get away with it. cultural trends, forces, and powers” that affect – Are captives of a consumeristic society, people’s attitudes and behaviors. The authors unable to determine what is necessary to live write that they hope to serve “the good of people a good life. Questioning by educating readers in sociological ways of – Are very likely to abuse drugs and alcounderstanding and encouraging public discushol, engage in “hook-up” sex (rather than form whether sions about problems we see in our own culture committed relationships), and are uninvolved and society.” The aim of the book is “to expand in politics, civil society or caring for the needs our understanding of emerging adulthood.” of others. the current As the subtitle (“The Dark Side of Emerging The authors take pains to make clear that Adulthood”) makes clear, the book examines these trends do not apply to every young adult generation many of the negative aspects that young adults in this age group and they make no comparison between the ages of 18 and 23 experience today. previous generations may have landed will be able to toon how The findings are not cheerful. According to the this scale. They simply paint the picture of authors, most of these emerging adults: the landscape of emerging adulthood as they overcome its – Are moral individualists, where moral see it now. rights and wrongs are matters of opinion, and While the authors admit that emerging lack of moral adulthood is a time for experimentation and the practice is “judge not, lest you be judged.” – Lack the skills needed “to intelligently establishing one’s own path through life, they assess, evaluate, and critique various moral question whether this generation will be able education beliefs and arguments.” to overcome their lack of formation. – Are unable to “differentiate between strong As with the other books written from the moral and religious claims that should be tolerated ... and those National Study on Youth and Religion research, “Lost in that deserve to be refuted.” Transition” is a must read for anyone who works with youth and – Are moral relativists: Morality is a social contract; there young adults or who is interested in preparing for the future of are no moral absolutes. the church and the larger society.

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developed for churches have little value unless they are seriously implemented. Unfortunately, Heimlich doe not delve into the track record of these prevention programs to find out what is working and what is not. For instance: Are church programs genuinely putting the needs of victims over those of abusers? In general, the book is weak in presenting solutions. It advocates general concepts such as more respect and empowerment for children. Although Heimlich notes that there are already plenty of U.S. laws to bring abusers to justice, she advocates U.S. adoption of a U.N.-crafted international treaty on children’s rights. Without getting into the merits or demerits of the treaty, its chances of approval in the present Washington political climate are slim. Instead, more emphasis needs to be placed on enforcing current laws and on better educating parents and civil authorities responsible for child safety so that they can spot problems and take corrective action. Another weakness is that the book tends to paint with too broad a brush when discussing basic religious concepts. Heimlich seems to be saying that almost any discussion with children of “sin,” “evil” and “self-sacrifice” automatically produces feelings of subjugation and inferiority in the minor. Yet Heimlich has properly put her finger on a problem which is widespread in U.S. society and often swept under the rug, in many cases by religious authorities worried about tarnishing their institution’s reputation and by parents whose religious zeal has led to disaster.

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Advent Opportunities Nov. 19, 9 a.m.-noon: Sessions with Paulist Father Terry Ryan based upon the book “The Dark Night of the Soul” at Old St. Mary’s Paulist Center, California Street at Grant Avenue, San Francisco. Darkness experienced by many in prayer is really part of spiritual growth, and not something to fear or worry about. Seeking/searching in prayer is not so much to know God as to experience the union of love. To remain on the level of routine and good feelings in prayer often cuts short the seeking and openness to this deeper union. Coffee and treats at 9 a.m. Workshop is free but donations are gratefully accepted. Call (415) 288-3845. Through Nov. 21: “St. Hilary Church and School warm coat, clothing and sock drive.” Look through your closets for any warm coats or clothing that you no longer need and donate them. Needs include men’s suits (for job interviews), ladies’ clothing (sizes 14, 2x, 3x), and new socks and underwear. The clothing will be going to the St. Vincent de Paul Society in San Rafael and in San Francisco. Barrels for clothing donations are in the parish’s Tarantino Hall, 761 Hilary Drive, Tiburon. Call (415) 435-1122 or visit www.sthilary.org. Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13, 7 p.m.: “Christianity and Social Progress Today,” Advent lectures at St. Rita Church, 100 Marinda Drive in Fairfax. Speakers are Nov. 29, retired Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick on religion and American diplomacy; Dec. 6, Santa Clara University professor, Kristin E. Heyer on a Christian response to migration; and Dec. 13, Jesuit Father James R. Stormes.on justice and economic development. Talks are free. Call (415) 456-4815 or email saintritafairfax@att.net. Dec. 1, 7 p.m.: Mercy High School, San Francisco’s Dolce Choir performs its “Winter Pops Concert.” Email events@mercyhs.org or call (415) 334-7941. Dec. 2, 3, 4: “Follow the Star” creche display at St. Bartholomew Parish auditorium 600 Columbia Drive at Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, Friday 6-9 p.m.; Saturday 1-7 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Admission is free. Nativity scenes from around the world are included in the exhibition. Call (650) 347-0701 Dec. 4: Vytenis Vasyliunas of Germany, organist; Dec. 11: Advent Lessons and Carols with St. Mary’s Cathedral Choir and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Choir. All events are at 3:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Gough Street and Geary Boulevard, San Francisco. Admission free but freewill donations welcome. Ample free parking. People wanting to learn about St. John (Don) Bosco are invited to a study group on the man whose 100th birthday is in 2015. Salesian Father Arthur Lenti’s “Don Bosco: History and Spirit” will be the primary source for study and discussion. All are invited. “We hope to rediscover his life, teachings, spirituality, and the continued relevance within our own lives of the Salesian charism,” said Frank Lavin, a founder of the meetings. Contact Frank Lavin at (415) 310-8551 or franklavin@comcast.net with questions or to sign up.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 10, 6 p.m.: “Mass and Fiesta” commemorating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 3835 Balboa St., San Francisco. Food is free and a raffle adds to the fun. Music is by youth mariachi band.

Church Anniversaries San Francisco’s Church of the Epiphany Parish holds a “Centennial Celebration Gala” Nov. 19 beginning with Mass at 4 p.m. A ticketed formal dinner follows at the South San Francisco Conference Center beginning at 6 p.m. “We hope to see you all there so that together as one united family of Christ we can honor our past, celebrate our present, and look forward to our future,” organizers of the event said. Call the Epiphany parish office (415) 333-7630.

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Dec. 3: Catholic Professional Women’s Club celebrates its 100th anniversary with a “Birthday Lunch” at Marine’s Memorial Club, 609 Sutter St., San Francisco. Social hour at 11:30 a.m. with lunch at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $46 per person. The group, formed in 1911, was a hub for teachers to access opportunities in social and charitable activities. The good work continues today with a membership from many professions. The club awards scholarships to elementary school students going on to Catholic high schools, and also sponsors a “Chalice Breakfast” where chalice with paten, inscribed with names of members who have died in the last year, is donated to a church or religious community ministering in mission or low-income territories. Major fundraisers also include a fashion show and luncheon. Reservation deadline is Nov. 30. Call Gloria Pizzinelli (415) 681-3733. Pictured from left are members Noreen Dunn, Barbara Cardinalli and Patricia Larrick. the St. Vincent de Paul Society conference at the San Francisco parish. Gather in the church parking lot at Steiner and Green Street. Help prepare meal boxes then travel in small groups to deliver the boxes to families around San Francisco. All meet up for lunch afterward. The St. Vincent de Paul Society takes care of the logistics and the young adults provide the volunteers and vehicles. Contact Julie Screbant at stvincentsyoungadults@gmail.com.

Food and Fun Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: “Sisters of Mercy at Marian Oaks Annual Holiday Boutique,” 2300 Adeline Drive, Bldg. D, Burlingame – Follow Lower Road on Mercy Campus to Marian Oaks. Numerous holiday items for sale including the sisters’ legendary homemade jams, handcrafted blankets and crafts, all-occasion handmade cards, baked goods and fudge. Contact Debbie Halleran at (650) 340-7426. Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: “La Festa di Natale Holiday Boutique” at St. Anne’s Home, Little Sisters of the Poor, 300 Lake St., San Francisco. Luncheon by reservation only at 11 a.m. and 1p.m. Complimentary valet parking is available both days. Contact Dawn Hahn at (415) 661-6530. Nov. 19, 20: “Noel Notions Christmas Bazaar” benefiting Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Mill Valley, Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Arts and crafts vendors, homemade baked goods, Santa’s toy booth, on display. Lunch is available for purchase on Saturday. Call (415) 388-4332. Nov. 26, 17: “Christmas Boutique” benefiting Holy Angels Parish, 107 San Pedro Road, Colma: Saturday 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and Sunday: 8 a.m.6:30 p.m. Fun for the whole family. One-of-a-kind handmade gifts, plus lunch and snacks including baked good – will be available for purchase. Photos with Santa and activities for children are also available on site. Nov. 30, 5-9 p.m.: “Holiday Boutique,” sponsored

by alumnae of Mercy High School, Burlingame at the school’s Kohl Mansion, 2750 Adeline Drive in Burlingame. Docent tours of the grand home at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. More than 65 vendors will be on hand with products for sale. Admission donation of $7 is requested. Parking in campus lots as well as at Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Drive off El Camino Real, where shuttles will take shoppers to and from the boutique site. Call Carol Fraher at (650) 762-1190. Dec. 3, 2011: Immaculate Conception Academy’s annual Holiday Boutique. Proceeds benefit the school. Items include gift baskets, homemade baked items, unique and original gifts for everyone. Hot cocoa, too. Bring in your little ones and check out the Children’s Area, take a picture with Santa and receive a small surprise! Immaculate Conception Academy Auditorium, 24th and Guerrero streets, San Francisco. Dec 3, 10 a.m.: “Saint Hilary School Winter Boutique,” 765 Hilary Drive, Tiburon. Open To The Public! There are more than 30 vendors selling Holiday gift items for all ages: women’s wear, children’s clothing, unique gifts, holiday treats, and much more. Free admission and parking in church and school lot. Visit www.sainthilary-school.org. Dec. 3, 4: “St. Brendan School Christmas Boutique & Children’s Carnival,” Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Laguna Honda and Portola Drive, San Francisco. Enjoy carnival games and prizes, large inflatable slides, holiday shopping, gourmet booth. For more information, email sbsboutique@gmail.com. December 4, 8:30 a.m.: Saint Timothy Parish will have its annual “Christmas Bazaar and Breakfast with Santa” highlighting a raffle with cash prizes, breakfast and photo session with Santa. Items for sale include Filipino and Tongan food, sweet goods, and Christmas gift items. Kids will enjoy their own craft activities and games. Proceeds benefit the parish. Call (650) 576-6563 or email nymvflo@gmail. com for more information.

Information about Bay Area single, divorced and separated programs is available from Jesuit Father Al Grosskopf at grosskopf@usfca.edu (415) 422-6698. Would you like support while you travel the road through separation and divorce? The Archdiocese of San Francisco offers support for the journey. The Separated and Divorced Catholics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco offer two ongoing support groups at St. Bartholomew Parish, 600 Columbia Drive, San Mateo, on first and third Tuesdays, at 7 p.m. in the spirituality center, and in O’Reilly hall of St. Stephen Parish near Stonestown in San Francisco, on first and third Wednesdays, at 7:30 p.m. Call Joanne (650) 347-0701 for more information. Catholic Adult Singles Association of Marin County: We are Catholics, single or single again, who are interested in making new friends, taking part in social activities, sharing opportunities for spiritual growth, and becoming involved in volunteer activities that will benefit parishes, community, and one another. We welcome those who would share in this with us. For information, call Bob at (415) 897-0639.

Consolation Ministry Grief support groups meet at the following parishes: San Mateo County: Good Shepherd, Pacifica, Sister Carol Fleitz (650) 355-2593; Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City, (650) 755-2727; Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redwood City, (650) 366-3802; St. Bartholomew, San Mateo, Barbara Syme (650) 343-6156; St. Peter, Pacifica, (650) 359-6313; St. Pius, Redwood City, (650) 361-0655; St. Robert, San Bruno, Sister Patricia O’Sullivan (650) 589-0104. Marin County: St. Anselm, San Anselmo, Brenda MacLean (415) 454-7650; St. Anthony, Novato, (415) 883-2177; St. Hilary, Tiburon, Helen Kelly (415) 3889651; Our Lady of Loretto, Novato, Sister Jeanette (415) 897-2171. San Francisco County: St. Gabriel, Monica Williams (650) 756-2060; St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sister Esther McEgan (415) 567-2020 ext. 218; Alma Via, Mercy Feeney (650) 756-4500; St. Dominic, Deacon Chuck McNeil (415) 567-7824 or email cbmcneil@ aol.com. Young Widow/Widower Group: St. Gregory, San Mateo, Barbara Elordi (415) 614-5506. Ministry to Grieving Parents: Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame, Ina Potter (650) 347-6971 or Barbara Arena (650) 344-3579.

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At Serra, ordinary moments become extraordinary experiences.

unípero Serra High School in San Mateo is much more than an outstanding Catholic college preparatory school for young men.It is a place where teachers become mentors and classmates become brothers. Located in the heart of the Peninsula between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Serra students take advantage of all that the Bay Area has to offer. Teachers help students to explore their talents in a variety of places—academics, the arts, athletics, clubs and service learning experiences—all in the context of our core values of Faith, Wisdom, Service, Community and Leadership. The Serra spirit is unmistakable. At Serra, you will be known and you will belong. Students form bonds that are strengthened every day—in the classrooms, on the athletic fields, at retreats and on the performing arts stage—which ultimately transform into a brotherhood that lasts a lifetime.

learning. They are equipped with Smart Board and digital camera technology, student laptops and wireless computer connectivity. The second floor science wing features five classroom/lecture labs. The first floor has expanded facilities for the Academic Resource Center and the arts—including a music rehearsal hall, a Green Room and spacious art rooms. Tri-School Program We have the best of both worlds. The Tri-School Program is a partnership among Serra, Notre Dame, Belmont and Mercy, Burlingame. This collaborative effort allows our schools to remain single gender, while providing significant coeducational opportunities on each other’s campuses, including classes, retreats, dances, clubs, music and drama programs.

Curriculum Serra prepares students not only for the rigors of university, but also for the challenges of 21st century adulthood. Our students have an 82.7% AP pass rate, which is one of the highest in the entire Bay Area. Ninety-nine percent of our graduates go on to college. The Class of 2011 received $7.5 million in college scholarships and performed more than 31,000 volunteer hours of Christian service. In August, we opened the doors to our brand new Center for the Arts and Sciences. The $21 million project includes a major expansion of the aquatics facilities. Contemporary classrooms feature the latest instructional technology to maximize student

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